CORNING, New York -- Hee-Won Han parred the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff with Meena Lee to win the LPGA Corning Classic on Sunday.

It was Han's first win of the year and fifth overall, and three have come in six playoffs. Lee, who finished second here for the second straight year, lost it when her second shot at the par-4 eighth bounced badly away from the green.

With Han safely on the green in two and staring at par, Lee played an aggressive third shot which bounced twice and nearly hit the flag before rolling several feet past. When she missed the putt coming back and settled for bogey, Han simply two-putted to win the fourth playoff in Corning's 28-year history.

Both parred the first extra hole, No. 18, Han with a nice-up-and-down after landing in a greenside bunker with her second shot.

After both parred No. 8, they went back to 18, and Han got a lucky bounce when her tee shot struck a tree on the right side of the fairway and caromed back out to the fairway. Lee drove under the right trees but managed to save par to keep the playoff going.

Lee, who self-destructed last year on the 18th hole and lost to Jimin Kang by two strokes, came from six shots behind third-round leader Jeong Jang and looked to be a winner for the second time this year until Han rallied with birdies at the final two holes of regulation.

Han, who started the round at 11 under, rolled in a putt from inside 12 feet that briefly seemed to stop at the lip before dropping softly into the hole to get to 14 under at 17.

Han then used driver on the tough par-4 18th hole, hit her second shot to 3 feet and made birdie for a 68 to force the playoff just moments after Lee had finished her 66.

Lee, who had a 32 on the front side after a birdie at No. 9, moved to the lead with birdies at No. 12, 16 and 17. She hit within a foot at 12 for a tap-in, was within 2 feet at 13, and her putt for birdie at 17 caught the left side of the cup and dropped.

Brandie Burton, who struggled all day with her putter, birdied the final two holes of regulation for a 70 to finish one shot behind at 14-under 274, one shot better than Mhairi McKay (68).

Laura Diaz (70), who challenged briefly for the lead on the back nine, and Thai rookie Virada Nirapathpongporn (72) finished at 276, and 18-year-old Morgan Pressel was another shot back and tied for seventh with Natalie Gulbis (68) and four other players, including Jang, the third-round leader. Jang, who entered the day with a three-shot lead, stumbled to a 4-over 76.

It was Jang's tournament to lose, and she made a huge mistake on the front nine which brought the rest of the field within easy reach.

After beginning with four straight pars, Jang drove the right rough at the par-5 fifth hole, a 449-yarder that statistically ranked as the easiest on the Corning Country Club course.

After studying the lie for a long time, Jang hit a low second shot that caromed off a tree and out of bounds. She then punched onto the fairway and two-putted for double-bogey, dropping her into a six-way tie at 13 under.

From there, it was anybody's title - at one point 15 players were within two shots of the lead -- but one by one those who challenged quietly faded until Lee and Han emerged over the final holes.

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